Maximum permissible dose of radiation for the general public is... - ANS 5Sv per year. DHCP
50Sv per year
The protective apron is made of... - ANS Lead to stop X-ray waves
Aluminum filter filters.. - ANS long wavelengths
Radiation travels in... - ANS Straight lines
When an atom loses an electron it becomes... - ANS an ion
A short-hard wavelength is ideal for... - ANS Dental X-ray
Long-soft wavelengths are filtered by... - ANS Aluminum filter and it is within the PID
The electron in an atom has a... - ANS Negative charge
Breaking radiation is the primary kind of radiation produced in the... - ANS Dental X-ray
tubehead
Primary radiation is also called... - ANS "Useful beam" an is the beam of X-rays that comes
from the target.
A use of a dental image is detection of... - ANS Abnormalities in surrounding hard and soft
tissues.
X-ray discovered in 1895 by... - ANS Willhelm Conrad Roentgen
First dental radiowas in 1895 from... - ANS Otto Walkhoff
An atom is a basic form of... - ANS Matter
In dentistry, the shorter the wavelengths of the X-rays... - ANS The greater their energy and
their usefulness
The extension arm function is.... - ANS For positioning the tubehead
The X-ray tube is the... - ANS Heart of the x-ray generating system
Secondary radiation is created when... - ANS The primary beam interacts with matter
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